Essential Cell Biology 5th edition

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BRUCE ALBERTS received his PhD from Harvard University and is a
professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the
University of California, San Francisco. He was the editor in chief of
Science from 2008 to 2013 and served as president of the U.S. National
Academy of Sciences from 1993 to 2005.
KAREN HOPKIN received her PhD from the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and is a science writer. Her work has appeared in various
scientific publications, including Science, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, and The Scientist, and she is a regular contributor to
Scientific American’s daily podcast, “60-Second Science.”
ALEXANDER JOHNSON received his PhD from Harvard University and
is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the
University of California, San Francisco.
DAVID MORGAN received his PhD from the University of California, San
Francisco, where he is a professor in the Department of Physiology and
vice dean for research in the School of Medicine.
MARTIN RAFF received his MD from McGill University and is emeritus
professor of biology at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for
Molecular Cell Biology at University College London.
KEITH ROBERTS received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and
was deputy director of the John Innes Centre. He is emeritus professor at
the University of East Anglia.
PETER WALTER received his PhD from The Rockefeller University in New
York and is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
at the University of California, San Francisco, and an investigator of the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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